D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sojourn

/sōj'-ẽrn/ · So·journ · IPA /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚn/
01 v. i. To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitat…
imp. & p. p. Sojourned; p. pr. & vb. n. Sojourning
  1. 1.
    To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry.
    “Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there.” — Gen. xii. 30.
    “Home he goeth, he might not longer sojourn.” Chaucer.
    “The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days.” — Hayward.
02 n. A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
  1. 1.
    A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
    “Though long detained In that obscure sojourn.” Milton.